The Supernatural Power Of Love Series

Series: PURSUING THE LOVE OF GOD

Topic: THE SUPERNATURAL POWER OF LOVE

The Christian faith comprises of three basic things:

a. An encounter with the love of the Father as revealed through the substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus.

b. The transforming power of that love in the believer to produce conformity and empowerment.

c. The third thing the Christian faith comprise of is an expression of that love through you to the world……..this is Christianity!

A. ENCOUNTER WITH THE LOVE OF THE FATHER

Roman 5:6. For when the time was right, the Anointed One came and died to demonstrate his love for sinners who were entirely helpless, weak, and powerless to save themselves.

7. Now, who of us would dare to die for the sake of a wicked person? We can all understand if someone was willing to die for a truly noble person.

8. But Christ proved God’s passionate love for us by dying in our place while we were still lost and ungodly! (THE PASSION TRANSLATION)

1 John 3:1. Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God:

John 3:16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (for encounter)

18. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Isaiah 53:4. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

B.THE TRANSFORMING POWER OF THE LOVE

The transforming power of that love in the believer to produce conformity and empowerment.

Whenever you encounter the love of the father you will be transformed. When the Samaritan woman at the well had an encounter with the fathers Love, she was transformed.

C. EXPRESSION OF THE FATHERS LOVE.

The third thing the Christian faith comprise of is an expression of that love through you to the world……..this is Christianity!

I John 4:12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.

a. Christianity is not limited to praying in tongues, revelation or display of physical results.

b. The apex of Christianity is love.

c. The summary of Christianity is the revelation of the love of God towards men.

d. The love of God unexpressed does not profit anyone.

e. When love is expressed to people, it is capable of healing, restoring and transforming lives.

D.SIX WAYS TO DEMONSTRATE OR EXPRESS THE LOVE OF GOD:

1. To love Him with all your heart, soul, strength and mind,

Matthew 22:36-38 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" Jesus said to him, " 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' "This is the first and great commandment.

Luke 10:27 So he answered and said, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and 'your neighbor as yourself.' "

By worshiping him in the midst of your challenge

a. Psalms 34:1

b. Habakkuk 3:17

c. Job 19:25 I know my redeemer lives

1 John 4:19 We love Him because He first loved us.

Romans 8:35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36. As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2. Through the ministry of intercession for the lost and hurting.

a. intercession is not merely a proof of might but a proof of love.

b. Intercession is loving what God loves

c. A genuine prayer can transform any man.

d. There is no one God cannot change.

e. Job 42:10

3. The 3rd way to demonstrate the love of God is to seek the good and the wellbeing of one another especially the brethren